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Spinning rubbish into gold
(The University of Glasgow (Glasgow, Scotland), 2018)Ki te kahore he whakakitenga ka ngaro te iwi "Without foresight or vision the people will be lost" In this case study I introduce a social enterprise in waste and recycling using community development methodology. The ... -
Spirituality in practice : an exploration into narrative practitioners’ approaches to addressing spirituality in counselling practices
(2016)This research represents the views of four experienced therapists, with a background in narrative therapy, on spirituality in their respective practices. By means of semi- structured interviews, I explored how the therapists’ ... -
Stigma and women living with HIV: A co-operative inquiry
(2009)This thesis explores the impact of stigma on women in New Zealand living with HIV through the use of co-operative inquiry, an innovative, participatory, action-based and somewhat revolutionary, research method. Through the ... -
Strategies to establish Social Policy Units (SPUs) within community-based organisations
(Unitec ePress, 2020-02-24)Community organisations hold huge knowledge about the needs as well as the dynamics of different communities. However, they often struggle to provide input and contribute this knowledge into the policy decision making ... -
Strategies to establish Social Policy Units (SPUs) within community-based organisations.
(2018-07)Background Community Waitakere Initiatives Methods Case studies Focus group CBPR Results : Significance of the SPU Activities Structure Funding Discussion References -
Student selection process effectiveness : correlations between task performance and undergraduate success
(Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work (ANZSW), 2017)INTRODUCTION: This article is a case study of student selection process effectiveness in an undergraduate social work degree at Unitec in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. Addressing an internationally under-researched ... -
A study investigating common experiences amongst Chinese, Indian and Filipino migrant health workers in Aotearoa/New Zealand
(2011)This study sought to understand the experience of Chinese, Indian and Filipino migrant health workers in New Zealand. It explored the participants’ migration and employment experiences, including their perceived roles and ... -
A study of the effectiveness of international non-governmental organisation capacity building activities for the Lao government at national, sub- national and local levels to be prepared to handle natural disasters in Laos
(2015)Overcoming the effects of natural disasters and disasters created by human being has caused huge struggles in development in our society. In developing countries, where resources are limited, those unexpected events have ... -
Supervising social workers in schools : the value of relationships in and out of the supervision space
(2019-10-03)This presentation explores the importance and value of supportive relationships between supervisors and supervisees in ensuring effective supervision outcomes for social workers in schools. Based on my Master's thesis on ... -
Supervision and culture : meetings at thresholds
(New Zealand Association of Counsellors, 2013)Counsellors are required to engage in supervision in order to reflect on, reflexively review, and extend their practice. Supervision, then, might be understood as a partnership in which the focus of practitioners and ... -
Takepu principled approach : a new vision for teaching social work practice in Aotearoa
(Social Workers Registration Board of Aotearoa/New Zealand, 2014)The purpose of the research reported here was to gather reflections of the learning experience of tauira (students) of Te Tohu Paetahi Ngā Poutoko Whakarara Oranga, Bachelor of Social Work : Biculturalism in Practice (BSW ... -
Taking it slowly with managed care - Invited address in a workshop on Managed Care for Mental Health: International Experiences and the New Zealand Direction, Schizophrenia Fellowship National Conference, Christchurch. September 5-7. 1997
(Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand, 1998)Managed care arose from a need to contain the escalating health costs of the insurance and litigation based US health system, which were rising at rates of more than 10% a year through the early 1990S. It is described as ... -
Taleni seki atagina: Te akasakiga o kaaiga Tuvalu seki nofo tumau iluga i Aotearoa Niusila = Hidden gems - lived experiences of Tuvaluan hope seekers and their families in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Unitec Institute of Technology & Tuvalu Auckland Community Trust, 2021-12-13)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: • What is the lived experience of Tuvaluan hope seekers and their families in Aotearoa New Zealand? • What are the effects of not having a visa on their well-being and that of their families? • What ... -
Tales of character from the land where neo-liberalism wasn’t
(2017-02)By the way - the story that each and every individual is the master of their own destiny, and can control their own future irrespective of context is one of the most central and vicious of the lies neoliberalism encourages ... -
Targeted reading comprehension strategies instruction for raising reading levels in tertiary contexts
(2012)This small-scale action research within a tertiary music bridging programme with language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) embedded examined the effect of reading comprehension strategies instruction for raising adult reading ... -
Tāwhairitia Ngā Ahi : re-stoke the fires - surviving and thriving as an activist
(International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, Oceania, 2016-03)Audio from the workshop: Surviving and Thriving as an Activist This workshop explored the challenges and opportunities of activists who both come from and work with the more 'excluded' members of the rainbow communities. ... -
Te Puawaitanga o te Ngākau: A case–study of Westside Counselling Services in West Auckland: A ‘community of care’ approach to working with Māori women and their whānau who have been impacted by domestic violence
(2012)The purpose of this research was to explore and document the ‘community of care’ approach utilized by the Westside Counselling Service; a service that evolved from an affiliation with the researcher and the Massey Community ... -
Teacher perceptions of the value of the Jade Speaks Up programme Section report for Countering family harm and improving child well-being: 2017- 2019 Research report on a New Zealand programme delivered by classroom teachers
(Jade Speaks Up Trust, 2020-10)Jade Speaks Up (JSU) is a teacher-led programme that gives Year 4 to 8 school children practical and relational strategies, emotional literacy and self-agency tools to develop trusting relationships, build resilience and ... -
Teaching colonisation to Pākehā without provoking backlash: How to break down guilt, doubt, and resistance
(2021-11)We will - explore underpinnings of white fragility in the adult classroom, among Pākehā when facing the realities of colonisation in Aotearoa and the racist society and governance structures this process has bequeathed ... -
Teaching deconstructivist ideas surrounding sexual identities : productive risks and effective pedagogy
(2015-12)In this presentation, I explore the promises and risks associated with my approach to teaching content around the construction of sexual identities. Focus on two class exercises. Teaching contexts: one bachelor’s level ...